title: View of Mopti from the roof of the Grand Mosque, Mopti, Mali

content: Original slide number: 380

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Mopti

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2703

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2703

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2703

unittitle: Mopti


unitCode: EEPA

level: item

title: A car in the brush along the Route de Guinée, near Bamako, Mali

label: General

content: Original slide number: 193

label: Collection Photographer

content: Shamir, Marli

indexedContent: Shamir, Marli

label: See more items in

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Bamako / 1966-1973

label: Extent

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2129

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

content: Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

usage_flag: Large EAD

type: Collection

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2129

unittitle: Marli Shamir collection

type: Series

unittitle: Slides

type: Subseries

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2129

unittitle: Mali

type: File

unittitle: Bamako

type: Item

archival_repository: EEPA


title: People selling ceramics at a Katiola market, Katiola, Côte d'Ivoire

content: Original slide number: 64

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.2: Côte d'Ivoire / Katiola

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2643

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-2643

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-2643

unittitle: Côte d'Ivoire

unittitle: Katiola


title: Sarey-Keyna neighborhood Mosque, Tombouctou, Mali

content: Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Tombuktu general view streets Sarey-Keyna; 660-9

label: Photographer

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Shamir, Marli

label: Place

content: Mali

indexedContent: Mali

content: Tombouctou (Mali)

indexedContent: Tombouctou (Mali)

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Tombouctou

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0702

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-0702

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-0702

unittitle: Tombouctou


title: A minaret of the Djinguereber Mosque, as seen from the gallery, Tombouctou, Mali

content: Original slide number: 1212

content: Shamir, Marli

content: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 2: Slides / 2.4: Mali / Tombouctou

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-3001

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unitid: Collection EEPA 2013-009-3001

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2013-009-3001


title: People walk along Omo River towards Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Creator

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)

indexedContent: South Omo (Ethiopia : Zone)

label: Culture

content: Nyangatom (African people)

indexedContent: Nyangatom (African people)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Ukuli Bula Ceremony, Nyangatom village, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3226

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original Carousel 26, slide 11.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.This collection is fully digitized with a selection of images available online. Please reach out to the Archives staff for more information.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-3226

unittitle: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

unittitle: Ethiopia

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2020-001-3226

digital_assets_available: false


title: Woman threshing grain, Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Konso (Ethiopia : Zone)

indexedContent: Konso (Ethiopia : Zone)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Konso area / Karat-Konso market

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3372

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Original Carousel 27, slide 53.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-3372

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2020-001-3372

unittitle: Konso area

type: Otherlevel

unitid: Otherlevel EEPA 2020-001-3372

unittitle: Karat-Konso market


title: The Slwa (ceremonial horn)

label: Local Numbers

content: EEPA KE-03-04

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Kenya

indexedContent: Kenya

label: Topic

content: Works of art in situ

indexedContent: Works of art in situ

label: Provenance

content: Philip Ravenhill; Donation; FY 1995; EEPA 1995-031

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)

content: 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1980/1980 type:inclusive

content: circa 1980

label: Container

content: Volume 1

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 1995-031-007

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

indexedContent: Picture postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Genre/Form

content: Picture postcards

content: Printed caption on verso reads: "The Slwa (ceremonial horn), part of the royal regalia of Pate; ivory; believed to have been made before 1698 A. D.; length approximately 2.25 metres."

unitid: Collection EEPA KE 1995-031-007

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unitid: Series EEPA KE 1995-031-007

unittitle: Kenya (KE)

unittitle: The Slwa (ceremonial horn)

title: The Slwa (ceremonial horn)


title: Ruines de l'ancienne case des sacrifices Zagnanado

content: EEPA DM-07-10

label: General

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Africa

content: Benin

indexedContent: Benin

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: Works of art in situ

content: Bas-relief

indexedContent: Bas-relief

content: Vernacular architecture -- Africa

indexedContent: Vernacular architecture

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1908/1908 type:inclusive

label: Date

content: [ca. 1908]

content: Volume 1

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144033

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Picture postcards

content: Postcard image of rectangular building decorated with bas-relief. Printed text on recto reads: "Ruines de l'ancienne case des sacrifices - Zagnanado." Translated caption reads: [Ancient Ruins of Sacrificial Compartments]. Postage stamp and postmark on recto. Signature on recto.

content: Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'addresse." Address and postmark on verso, date reads: "10.11.08." Additional manuscript on verso.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA DM 1985-144033

unitid: Series EEPA DM 1985-144033

unittitle: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)


title: [Man seated at table]

content: EEPA GV-43-01

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Africa

content: Guinea

indexedContent: Guinea

content: Portrait photography -- Africa

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 21: Guinea (GV)

content: 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1912/1912 type:inclusive

content: circa 1912

content: Volume 2 GV

label: Archival Repository

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GV 2012-001-0773

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

label: Collection Citation

content: Picture postcards

content: Postmarked postage stamp on recto; manuscript message and address on verso.

unitid: Collection EEPA GV 2012-001-0773

unittitle: Guinea (GV)

unittitle: [Man seated at table]

title: [Man seated at table]


title: [Children]

content: EEPA CF-20-101

label: Place

content: Africa

content: Congo (Brazzaville)

indexedContent: Congo (Brazzaville)

content: Portrait photography

content: Children

indexedContent: Children

content: Costume

indexedContent: Costume

content: Hairstyles -- Africa

indexedContent: Hairstyles

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)

content: 1 Postcard (halftone, col., 14.5 x 10 cm.)

content: [ca. 1912]

content: Volume 1

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140909

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

label: Collection Rights

content: Postcards

content: Stamped text on verso reads: "Missions / Gentinnes (Bt)."

content: Postmarked postage stamps on verso. Manuscript message and address on verso.

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA CF 1985-140909

unitid: Series EEPA CF 1985-140909

unittitle: Congo Français (CF)

unittitle: [Children]

title: [Children]


title: 2. Congo Belge. Katanga Elisabethville: La pose du rail

content: EEPA CG-47-08

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Citation source: Archives staff.

label: See Also

content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga Province, Lubumbashi, (Elisabethville) (-11.660979, 27.486420)

content: Interactive maps

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Congo (Democratic Republic)

indexedContent: Congo (Democratic Republic)

content: Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)

indexedContent: Democratic Republic of the Congo

content: Transportation

indexedContent: Transportation

content: Railroads

indexedContent: Railroads

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

content: 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

content: ca. 1912

content: Volume 5 CG

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1513

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Printed text on recto reads: "2. Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo / Katanga; Elisabethville / La pose du rail. / Het plaatsen der spoorstaven."

content: Translated caption reads: "2. Belgian Congo. Katanga; Elisabethville: The laying of the track."

content: Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Boma, le 14 décembre 1912. Veuillez, recevoir chère Tante, les souhaits que Gabrielle et moi nous formons pour vous à l'occasion du nouvel an. Tous nos voeux aussi pour L. et bonne santé à tous les deux. Recevez nos meilleurs baisers."

content: Translated message reads: "Boma. December 14, 1912. We wish you to receive dear Aunt, our wishes and thoughts from Gabrielle and I for the occasion of the new year. All our wishes for L. and good health for both of you. With our best kisses."

content: Postmarks on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.

content: Items EEPA CG-47-08, EEPA CG-47-09 and EEPA CG-47-10 are duplicate postcards.

unitid: Collection EEPA CG 2011-001-1513

unittitle: Congo Belge (CG)


title: Uniquely shaped caskets

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

label: Creator

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Photographer

content: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Creator

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Accra (Ghana)

indexedContent: Accra (Ghana)

content: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Culture

content: Ashanti (African people)

indexedContent: Ashanti (African people)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ghana

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: 2004 November 5

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0004

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Uniquely shaped caskets. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 4.

label: Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-0004

unittitle: Ghana

unittitle: Uniquely shaped caskets

title: Uniquely shaped caskets


title: Dorze weaver displaying textiles, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Gamo (Ethiopia : Zone)

indexedContent: Gamo (Ethiopia : Zone)

label: See more items in

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Dorze region

label: Extent

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3462

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.This collection is fully digitized with a selection of images available online. Please reach out to the Archives staff for more information.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-3462

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2020-001-3462

unittitle: Dorze region


title: [Mount Kilimanjaro with sisal in the foreground], Tanzania

label: General

content: Original caption reads, "Tanzania. [Mount] Kilimanjaro".

content: McLaren, Lynn, 1922-

indexedContent: McLaren, Lynn, 1922-

label: Topic

content: Landscape photography

indexedContent: Landscape photography

content: Lynn McLaren Photographs

indexedContent: Lynn McLaren Photographs

content: Lynn McLaren Photographs / Slides

indexedContent: Lynn McLaren Photographs / Slides

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0281

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Lynn McLaren Photographs, EEPA 2007-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Series Rights

label: Series Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 2007-009-0281

unittitle: Lynn McLaren Photographs

unittitle: Slides


title: [Sorting mangrove poles for dhow transport to Arabia], Lamu Island, Kenya

content: Original caption reads, "[Sorting mangrove poles for dhow transport to Arabia]". Original number, "B75072, #7, BKS T111"

content: McLaren, Lynn, 1922-

label: Place

content: Lamu Island (Kenya)

indexedContent: Lamu Island (Kenya)

content: Exports

indexedContent: Exports

content: Lynn McLaren Photographs

content: Lynn McLaren Photographs / Slides

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0066

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

unitid: Collection EEPA 2007-009-0066


title: Women posing with wagon

content: Title source: Archives staff, not provided by photographer.

content: Images indexed by slide number.

label: Creator

content: Ashworth, Gavin

indexedContent: Ashworth, Gavin

label: Collection Photographer

content: Ashworth, Gavin

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Côte d'Ivoire

indexedContent: Côte d'Ivoire

content: Women

indexedContent: Women

content: Wagons

indexedContent: Wagons

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: Ashworth, Gavin

content: "The Art of West African Strip-Woven Cloth" video and slides

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

content: EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050296

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Color slides

indexedContent: Color slides

label: Collection Rights

content: Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution.  Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Genre/Form

content: Color slides

label: Scope and Contents

content: Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987.

content: Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA 1991-050296

unittitle: Women posing with wagon

title: Women posing with wagon


title: "Alabaster Sphinx", Memphis, Egypt

content: Al-Ahram

indexedContent: Al-Ahram

content: Egypt

indexedContent: Egypt

content: Cultural landscapes

content: Al-Ahram

label: See more items in

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - General

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 4 x 6 in)

label: Container

content: Binder 8

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-2232

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

label: Processing Information

content: Title created by archives staff; typed description on verso

label: Item Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: [Arabic script][,] MEMPHIS: Alabaster Sphinx[,] MEMPHIS: Alabastre Sphinx[,] MEMPHIS: Alabaster Sphinx;  KRUGER [trademark] 66.; 746.10; 270 072; 491 336; Sphinx head with three pyramids [logo]; POST CARD[,] A. R. Egypt.. Published by AL-AHRAM EST., Galaa St., CAIRO

unittitle: Stephen Grant postcards

unittitle: Egypt - General

unittitle: "Alabaster Sphinx", Memphis, Egypt

title: "Alabaster Sphinx", Memphis, Egypt


title: "QUAI D'ALEXANDRIE" [ALEXANDRIA QUAY], Alexandria, Egypt

content: Carlo Mieli, Alexandre (Egypt)

indexedContent: Carlo Mieli, Alexandre (Egypt)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: Works of art

indexedContent: Works of art

content: Carlo Mieli, Alexandre (Egypt)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - General

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: c. 1902

content: Binder 8

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-2049

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: ALEXANDRIE.[,] QUAI D'ALEXANDRIE; DEPOSÉ NO. 12; L'adresse seule doit être écrite de ce côté.; [Arabic script]; UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE[,] EGYPTE[,] CARTE POSTALE. Published by CARLO MIELI; ALEXANDRIE (EGYPTE)

label: Series Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.


title: "Type arabe" [Arab type], Egypt

content: Lehnert & Landrock

indexedContent: Lehnert & Landrock

label: Place

content: Egypt

content: Lehnert & Landrock

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w sepia tone, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

label: Date

content: c. 1910

content: Binder 6

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1577

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: 118; Type arabe; TL&L [logo]. Published by Editeurs: L. & L.

unittitle: "Type arabe" [Arab type], Egypt

title: "Type arabe" [Arab type], Egypt


title: "Part of Horus temple", Edfu, Egypt

label: Creator

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

indexedContent: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Egypt

content: Works of art

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Upper Egypt

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Upper Egypt

content: Binder 21

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6011

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Edfou - Part of Horus temple; Serie 102 Nr. 9; POST CARD[,] CARTE POSTALE; (FOR ADDRESS ONLY). Published by Gaddis & Seif, Luxor

unittitle: Upper Egypt

unittitle: "Part of Horus temple", Edfu, Egypt

title: "Part of Horus temple", Edfu, Egypt


title: "Pêche artisanale à la mare de Bâ Konko Cissé-là" [Artisanal fishing at the Bâ Konko Cissé-là pond], Guinée

label: Photographer

content: Cissé, Diango

indexedContent: Cissé, Diango

content: Production Photos Cisse

indexedContent: Production Photos Cisse

content: Guinea

indexedContent: Guinea

content: Portrait photography

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: Cissé, Diango

content: Production Photos Cisse

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Guinea

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Guinea

content: 1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Binder 5

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1270

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Cissé [printed signature]; REGION DE KANKAN - REP. DE GUINEE, Pêche artisanale à la mare de Bâ Konko Cissé-là; EXA [logo]; 688/114. Photographed by Cisse, Diango, photographer (Bamako, Mali). Published by Production "PHOTOS CISSE" - Paris[,] 10, rue Lécuyer - 93300 AUBEVILLIERS - Té. 48 33 59 59

unittitle: Guinea


title: "Tombs of the Caliphs, who ruled Egypt from 1382-1517.", Cairo, Egypt

content: Bishai, A.

indexedContent: Bishai, A.

content: Eastern Publishing Company (Cairo, Egypt)

content: Egypt

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: Bishai, A.

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

content: Binder 12

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3439

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: A. Bishai [artist signature]; [Arabic script]; No. 113 Tombs of the Caliphs, who ruled Egypt[,] from 1382-1517.; Copyright: Eastern Publishing Company P.O.B. 261. Cairo; POST CARD[,] U. A. R. (EGYPT); EPCo [logo]. Photographed by Bishai, A.. Published by Eastern Publishing Company P.O.B. 261. Cairo

unittitle: Egypt - Cairo


title: "Judgment of Osiris", Egypt

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Egypt

indexedContent: Egypt

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 17

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4684

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: [Arabic script][,] THEBES - Deir-El-Medineh Judgment of Osiris; POST CARD. Published by Gaddis. Luxor (Egypt)

unittitle: Egypt - Thebes

unittitle: "Judgment of Osiris", Egypt

title: "Judgment of Osiris", Egypt


title: "ISMAILIA.", Ismailia, Egypt

content: Béhar et Fils

indexedContent: Béhar et Fils

content: Egypt

content: Cultural landscapes

content: Béhar et Fils

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Ismailia and Karniak

content: Binder 18

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5095

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: N. 70 - ISMAILIA.; AG [logo]; L'adresse seule doit être écrite de ce côté.; [Arabic script]; UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE[,] EGYPTE[,] CARTE POSTALE. Published by L. & B. - Isaac Behar, Port-Said

unittitle: Egypt - Ismailia and Karniak

unittitle: "ISMAILIA.", Ismailia, Egypt

title: "ISMAILIA.", Ismailia, Egypt


title: "Nile View in the morning", Luxor, Egypt

content: Kruger Publishing

indexedContent: Kruger Publishing

content: Egypt

content: Transportation

indexedContent: Transportation

content: Kruger Publishing

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Luxor

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Luxor

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Binder 19

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5554

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created by archives staff; typed description on verso

content: [Arabic script][,] LUXOR : Nile View in the morning[,] LOUXOR : Vue du Nil au matin[,] LUXOR : Morgen am Nil; 747/1; KRUGER [logo]; EGYPTIAN GENERAL ORGANIZATION FOR NEWS, PUBLICATIONS, DISTRIBUTION AND PRINTING, CAIRO, U. A. R.. Published by KRUGER

unittitle: Egypt - Luxor


title: "Côte Guinéenne." [Guinean Coast.], Guinée

content: Guinea

content: Flora

indexedContent: Flora

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Guinea

content: 1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Binder 5

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1318

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: République de GUINEE[,] Côte Guinéenne.. Photographed by ONACIG - Corporate Entity. Published by


title: "The Citadel", Cairo, Egypt

content: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

indexedContent: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

content: Egypt

content: Architecture

indexedContent: Architecture

content: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: c. 1912

content: Binder 12

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3293

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Cairo -- The Citadel; Series I. 2.; Carte postale[,] Poste Egyptienne. Published by The Cairo Postcard Trust, Cairo.

unittitle: "The Citadel", Cairo, Egypt

title: "The Citadel", Cairo, Egypt


title: "Monument Ballay" [Ballay Monument], Conakry, Guinée

content: Allouard, Henri, 1844-1929

indexedContent: Allouard, Henri

content: Guinea

indexedContent: Guinea

content: Allouard, Henri, 1844-1929

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Guinea

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 4

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0962

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Conakry[,] Guinée française; Monument Ballay -- Socle. Vue de face; H. Allouard, sculpt.; CARTE POSTALE. Photographed by Allouard, Henri, 1844-1929. Published by

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.


title: "View on the Nile.", Luxor, Egypt

content: Lévy Fils et Cie.

indexedContent: Lévy Fils et Cie.

content: Egypt

content: Transportation

content: Lévy Fils et Cie.

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Luxor

content: c. 1911

content: Binder 19

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5324

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: 28 LUXOR. -- View on the Nile. -- LL; 28 LOUQSOR. -- Vue sur le Nil. -- LL.; UNION POSTALE [UNIVERSELLE][,] POST CARD -- CARTE PO[STALE -- POS]TKARTE[,] BRIEFKAART -- CARTOLINA P[OSTALE -- TAR]JETA POSTAL[,] [Cyrillic]. Published by LL

unittitle: "View on the Nile.", Luxor, Egypt

title: "View on the Nile.", Luxor, Egypt


title: "The Temple, Sphinx and Pyramid of Kheops.", Egypt

content: Lévy Fils et Cie.

content: Egypt

content: Works of art

indexedContent: Works of art

content: Lévy Fils et Cie.

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Sphinx

content: Binder 16

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4367

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: 4 EGYPT. -- The Temple, Sphinx and Pyramid of Kheops. -- LL.; 4 ÉGYPTE. -- Ruines du Temple, le Sphinx et[,] la Grande Pyramide. -- LL.; UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE[,] POST CARD -- CARTE POSTALE -- POSTKARTE[,] BRIEFKAART -- CARTOLINA POSTALE -- TARJETA POSTAL[,] [Cyrillic]. Published by LL

unittitle: Egypt - Sphinx


title: "Scripts sur la tombe de Nekhet" [Scripts at the tomb of Nekhet], Egypt

content: Gabra, F.H.

indexedContent: Gabra, F.H.

content: Photoizdat (Bulgaria)

indexedContent: Photoizdat (Bulgaria)

content: Egypt

content: Music -- Africa

indexedContent: Music

content: Gabra, F.H.

content: Photoizdat (Bulgaria)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Binder 17

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4723

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: [Arabic script][,] c Eg 10 Scripts sur la tombe de[,] Nekhet[,] Skripts on the Tomb of[,] Nekhet; Photoizdat - Bulgaria [logo]; Photo and Copy rights reserved F. H. Gabra; POST CARD[,] U. A. R. Egypt; Printed[,] in[,] Bulgaria. Photographed by Gabra, F.H.. Published by Photoizdat - Bulgaria


title: "The Hypostyle Hall.", Egypt

content: Lehnert & Landrock

indexedContent: Lehnert & Landrock

content: Egypt

indexedContent: Egypt

content: Architecture

content: Lehnert & Landrock

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Ismailia and Karniak

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 18

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5288

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Karnak - The Hypostyle Hall.; 321; Publ. & Copyright, Lehnert & Landrock - Cairo; POST CARD[,] EGYPT. Published by Lehnert & Landrock - Cairo

unittitle: "The Hypostyle Hall.", Egypt

title: "The Hypostyle Hall.", Egypt


title: "King Seti I offering to the Gods", Egypt

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

indexedContent: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Egypt -- Kings and rulers

content: Egypt

content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes

content: Binder 17

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4811

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: [Arabic script][,] THEBES - Tombs of the Kings King Seti I offering to the Gods; POST CARD. Published by Gaddis. Luxor (Egypt

unittitle: Stephen Grant postcards


title: "The tombs of the kaliphs", Cairo, Egypt

label: Artist

content: Wuttke, C., painter.

indexedContent: Wuttke, C., painter.

content: R. & J. D.

content: Egypt

content: Architecture

content: Wuttke, C., painter.

content: R. & J. D.

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

content: Binder 12

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3438

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: C. Wuttke - Cairo [artist signature]; The tombs of the kaliphs -- Die Gräber der Kalifen[,] Les Tombeaux des Califes; R 158.. Photographed by Wuttke, C., painter.. Published by R. & J. D.


title: "View of the Nile at Aswan", Aswan, Egypt

content: Egypt

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Pulled for Conservation

content: 1 Postcard (Box, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Box 23

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6837

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created by archives staff; typed description on verso

label: Scope and Contents

content: [Arabic script][,] ASSWAN -- View of the Nile at Aswan; [logo]; POST CARD[,] EGYPT.

unittitle: Pulled for Conservation


title: [Girls Reading], Egypt

content: AL Salam International Company (Cairo)

indexedContent: AL Salam International Company (Cairo)

content: Egypt

content: Children

indexedContent: Children

content: AL Salam International Company (Cairo)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Pulled for Conservation

content: 1 Postcard (Box, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: Box 24

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6936

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created by archives staff

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Produced by :[,] ALSALAM INTERNATIONAL CORP. CAIRO; 29; Made in Italy. Published by ALSALAM INTERNATIONAL CORP. CAIRO

unittitle: [Girls Reading], Egypt

title: [Girls Reading], Egypt


title: "Marché du poisson" [Fish market], Suez, Egypt

content: Ephtimios Frères (Port Said (Egypt))

indexedContent: Ephtimios Frères (Port Said (Egypt))

content: Egypt

content: Hunting and fishing -- Photographs

indexedContent: Hunting and fishing

content: Ephtimios Frères (Port Said (Egypt))

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Ismailia and Karniak

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 18

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5038

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: SUEZ[,] Marché du poisson; No. 55.; [Arabic script]; UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE[,] EGYPTE[,] CARTE POSTALE; crescent moon with three stars [image]. Published by Ephtimios Frères, Port Said.


title: "The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Kephren and Mikerinos.", Giza, Egypt

content: Egypt

content: Architecture

indexedContent: Architecture

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: 1 Postcard (Box, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: c. 1973

content: Box 23

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6752

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: [Arabic script][,] Giza. The Great Sphinx[,] and the pyramids of Kephren and Mikerinos.; [logo]; POST CARD[,] EGYPT.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.


title: "MASQUES de la COTE D'IVOIRE" [MASKS of IVORY COAST], Côte d'Ivoire

content: Edipresse

indexedContent: Edipresse

content: Côte d'Ivoire

indexedContent: Côte d'Ivoire

content: Art objects

indexedContent: Art objects

content: Edipresse

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire

content: 1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)

content: c. 1981

content: Binder 3

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0656

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: MASQUES de la COTE D'IVOIRE; REPUBLIQUE DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE[,] 5355 - Masques de la Côte d'Ivoire; IRIS [logo]; MEXICHROME; Printed in France. Published by EDIPRESSE - 09. BP 254 - Abidjan 09

unittitle: Côte D'Ivoire


title: "Assuan au bord du Nil." [Assuan by the Nile.], Aswan, Egypt

content: Lichtenstern & Harari (Cairo)

indexedContent: Lichtenstern & Harari (Cairo)

content: Egypt

indexedContent: Egypt

content: Architecture

content: Lichtenstern & Harari (Cairo)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Abu Simbel and Aswan

content: c. 1902

content: Binder 20

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5714

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Assuan au bord du Nil.; 94; L'adresse seule doit être écrite de ce côté.; [Arabic script]; UNION POSTALE UNIVERS[ELLE][,] EGYPTE[,] CARTE POSTALE. Published by Lichtenstern & Harari, Commission-Agents, Cairo.

unittitle: Egypt - Abu Simbel and Aswan


title: "General View of Cairo.", Cairo, Egypt

content: Zogos and Co.  (Cairo, Egypt)

indexedContent: Zogos and Co.  (Cairo, Egypt)

content: Egypt

content: Architecture

content: Zogos and Co.  (Cairo, Egypt)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 12

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3393

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: No. 51. General View of Cairo.. Published by Edition: Zogos & Co. - Cairo-Egypt

unittitle: "General View of Cairo.", Cairo, Egypt

title: "General View of Cairo.", Cairo, Egypt


title: "MARCHE TISSUS "TREICHEVILLE"" [FABRIC MARKET "TREICHVILLE"], Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

content: Sinet

indexedContent: Sinet

content: Côte d'Ivoire

content: Commerce

indexedContent: Commerce

content: Sinet

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: 1 Postcard (Box, color, 4 x 6 in)

content: c. 1982

content: Box 23

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6538

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: ABIDJAN - Côte d'Ivoire[,] MARCHE TISSUS "TREICHEVILLE"; EDITION EXCLUSIVE[,] GRATRY [logo]; 1714; © SINET-Milano. Published by SINET-Milano


title: "THE NILE - CATARACT HOTEL", Aswan, Egypt

content: Egypt

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: Stephen Grant postcards

indexedContent: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Abu Simbel and Aswan

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w sepia tone, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: c. 1929

content: Binder 20

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-5777

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: THE NILE - CATARACT HOTEL; CARTE POSTALE.


title: "Ascension de la grande Pyramide." [Ascension of the Great Pyramid.], Egypt

content: Egypt

content: Recreation

indexedContent: Recreation

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Pyramids

content: 1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)

content: Binder 15

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4114

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Ascension de la grande Pyramide.; 233; L'adresse seule doit être écrite de ce côté.; [Arabic script]; UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE[,] EGYPTE[,] CARTE POSTALE.

unittitle: Egypt - Pyramids


title: "Abbas Avenue.", Egypt

content: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

indexedContent: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

content: Egypt

content: Transportation

indexedContent: Transportation

content: The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)

content: Stephen Grant postcards

content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo

content: c. 1917

content: Binder 11

content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3219

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Title created using postcard caption.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: HELIOPOLIS - Abbas Avenue.; Serie 634; POST-CARD. Published by THE CAIRO POSTCARD TRUST - CAIRO

unittitle: Egypt - Cairo

unittitle: "Abbas Avenue.", Egypt

title: "Abbas Avenue.", Egypt


title: Man prepares to receive needle during Zangbeto vodun ceremony, Ganvie to Grand Popo, Benin

label: General

content: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

content: Doochin, Michael D.

indexedContent: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Photographer

content: Doochin, Michael D.

label: Collection Creator

content: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

indexedContent: Kartoz-Doochin, Linda

content: Ganvié (Benin)

indexedContent: Ganvié (Benin)

content: Rites and ceremonies

indexedContent: Rites and ceremonies

content: Doochin, Michael D.

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

indexedContent: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Benin

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

content: 2004 November 18

content: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0585

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

content: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Man prepares to receive needle during Zangbeto vodun ceremony. Fetish priest inserts needles into cheeks and mouth. Original Carousel number, 5, slide number, 51.

label: Restrictions

content: Images not available for digital access due to issues of cultural sensitivity or based on other considerations.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2020-001-0585

unittitle: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

unittitle: Benin


content: Appears out of order on an earlier page. Three Igbo women pose wearing patterned wraps and brass anklets called adalà

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

label: See more items in

content: Igbo Photographic Album

indexedContent: Igbo Photographic Album

label: Extent

content: 1 Photographic print (B/W)

content: ca. 1923-1925

content: EEPA.1997-006, Item EEPA.1997-006-0191

content: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

indexedContent: Photographic prints

content: Igbo Photographic Album, EEPA 1997-0006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA.1997-006-0191

unittitle: Igbo Photographic Album


title: Igbo interpretor and soldier

content: Original caption reads, "Adolphi. Interpreter" "Interpreter" is written in ink. Nigerian soldier holds rifle vertically. Likely from the Southern Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force. Adolphi stands behind.

label: Place

content: Nigeria

content: Igbo Photographic Album

content: 1 Photographic print (B/W)

label: Date

content: ca. 1923-1925

label: Archival Repository

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1997-006, Item EEPA.1997-006-0151

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

unitid: Collection EEPA.1997-006-0151

unittitle: Igbo interpretor and soldier

title: Igbo interpretor and soldier


title: Egungun walks with crowd through street, Sheldon, South Carolina, United States of America

content: Slide No. R3-11

label: Creator

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

indexedContent: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Topic

content: Masquerades

indexedContent: Masquerades

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

label: Culture

content: Yoruba (African people)

indexedContent: Yoruba (African people)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

indexedContent: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Oyotunji Village, Sheldon, South Carolina

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1846

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

content: Original text on slide reads, "Egungun walks with crowd through street during a festival in Oyotunji Village"

content: Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-1846

unittitle: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection


level: file

title: House Posts of Palace, Efon-Alaaye

label: Collection Photographer

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1964/1974 type:inclusive

content: circa 1969

label: Container

content: Binder 4, Item 1900-1905

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unittitle: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art

unittitle: House Posts of Palace, Efon-Alaaye

title: House Posts of Palace, Efon-Alaaye


title: Two male and one female Ibeji figures, back view, Offa, Nigeria

label: General

content: Slide No. R38-11

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Ere ibeji

indexedContent: Ere ibeji

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Yoruba (African people)

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibeji / Kwara and Osun State

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0650

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original text on slide reads, "Two male and one female Ibeji figures, back view. L- 70.2.26. M- 69.2.46. Bought in Offa trade. R- 69.2.48"

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-0650

unittitle: Ibeji

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2015-015-0650

unittitle: Kwara and Osun State


title: One female and one male Ibeji figures, side view, Oyo, Nigeria

content: Slide No. R25-2

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Ere ibeji

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Yoruba (African people)

label: See more items in

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibeji / Oyo

content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)

content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0482

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Rights

content: Original text on slide reads, "One female and one male Ibeji figures, side view. L- J307. R- J308. Ph. Oyo"

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 2015-015-0482

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2015-015-0482

unittitle: Oyo


title: Group portrait of male missionaries

content: Group portrait of missionaries. Original caption names each "Rev Crabtree, Rev Miller, Rev Langton, Rev. Pike, Rev Barkanville(?), Rev. Leakey, Lloyd [dog?], Archduke Walker

label: Item Creator

content: Church Missionary Society. Uganda Mission

content: Uganda

indexedContent: Uganda

content: Portraits, Group

indexedContent: Portraits, Group

content: Uganda photographs

indexedContent: Uganda photographs

label: Extent

content: 1 Photographic print (B/W)

content: EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0064

content: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

unittitle: Uganda photographs

unittitle: Group portrait of male missionaries

title: Group portrait of male missionaries


title: Africa Orientale Birginia eritrea col tradizionale vestito di pelle

label: Local Numbers

content: EEPA EA-20-05

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

label: Place

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Eritrea

indexedContent: Eritrea

content: Portrait photography -- Africa

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: Costume -- Africa

indexedContent: Costume

label: Provenance

content: Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; FY 1995 EEPA 1995-001

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 17: Eritrea (EA)

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1910/1910 type:inclusive

label: Date

content: ca. 1910

content: Volume 1

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA EA 1995-001-0045

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

indexedContent: Picture postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

label: Genre/Form

content: Picture postcards

content: Printed caption on verso reads: "Africa Orientale - Birginia eritrea col tradizionale vestito di pelle."

content: Stamp box reads: "Printed in Italy."

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA EA 1995-001-0045

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unittitle: Eritrea (EA)


title: Congo Français Femme Boubou

content: EEPA CX-20-08

label: General

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Africa

content: Congo (Brazzaville)

indexedContent: Congo (Brazzaville)

content: Central African Republic

indexedContent: Central African Republic

label: Topic

content: Portrait photography -- Africa

content: Costume -- Africa

content: Hairstyles -- Africa

indexedContent: Hairstyles

content: I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)

content: 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1909/1909 type:inclusive

content: ca. 1909

label: Container

content: Volume 1

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0469

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

label: Collection Citation

content: Picture postcards

content: Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Femme Boubou."

content: Translated caption reads: "French Congo. / Boubou woman."

content: Postmarked postage stamps on recto, date reads: "4 Avril 13."

content: This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Ngbugu village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River.  [Provided by Juan Fandos-Ruis and Didier Carité] [Sources: Bradshaw, Richard and Juan Fandos-Rius, "Béchaud, Augustee (1874-1912)" in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, 111. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, New Editions 2016. Carité, Didier, Auguste Béchaud, photographe-soldat en Afrique centrale 1909-1912, 2009.]

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA CX 2011-001-0469

unittitle: Central African Republic (CX)

unittitle: Congo Français Femme Boubou

title: Congo Français Femme Boubou


title: A glimpse of the Union Buildings Pretoria

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

content: ca. 1970

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-120

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Picture postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original caption reads, "A Glimpse of the Union Buildings, Pretoria."

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-30-120

unitid: Series EEPA SA-30-120

unittitle: South Africa (SA)

unitid: Item EEPA SA-30-120


title: Railway Crossing, Ebuta Meta

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

indexedContent: Mod. architecture/cityscape

content: West Africa Postcard Album

indexedContent: West Africa Postcard Album

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

content: [ca. 1910]

content: EEPA.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-004-091

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Orginal caption reads, "Railway Crossing, Ebuta Meta."

content: Printed caption on verso reads, " 'Copyright, Moyea Series.' No.11B."

unitid: Collection EEPA 1992-004-091

unittitle: West Africa Postcard Album

unittitle: Railway Crossing, Ebuta Meta

title: Railway Crossing, Ebuta Meta


title: [Man]

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Congo (Brazzaville)

content: Portrait photography

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)

content: 1 Postcard (col., 14.5 x 10 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1900/1900 type:inclusive

content: [ca. 1900]

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Postcards

unittitle: Congo Français (CF)

unittitle: [Man]

title: [Man]


title: Reviews, 1992-2000

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 7: Printed Material / 7.3: Exhibition Reviews

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1992/2000 type:inclusive

content: Box 16, Folder 1

content: Archival materials

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Printed Material

unittitle: Exhibition Reviews

title: Reviews, 1992-2000


title: The father of an artist outside of his home, Keren, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 2428-2 / 30

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.9: Negatives / Keren, Eritrea

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

content: circa 1997

label: Archival Repository

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1207

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1207

unittitle: Keren, Eritrea


title: [English] Translation of Item 1: one typed page entitled report of the Chairman of the Association of Professional Photographers, Munich.

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

indexedContent: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: Collection Photographer

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

indexedContent: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Pretoria, South Africa; London; Germany

label: Sponsor

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

content: Box 8, Folder 45a

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 961

content: Archival materials

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

unitid: Collection 961

unittitle: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

unitid: Series 961

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unitid: File 961

unittitle: Pretoria, South Africa; London; Germany

unitid: Item 961


title: Letter to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Annie L. Williams about using pictures in Vogue and Life.

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Alan Paton

content: 1949 November 14

label: Container

content: Box 7, Folder 39a

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 779

content: Archival materials

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection 779

unitid: Series 779

unitid: File 779

unittitle: Alan Paton

unitid: Item 779


title: [Portrait of Older Man, White Hair and Glasses]

label: Collection Creator

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

indexedContent: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

indexedContent: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / [Miscellaneous Photographs]

content: Box 4, Folder 17

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0520

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection, 2008-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0520

unittitle: William Ian Brinkworth collection

unittitle: Black and White Photographs

unittitle: [Miscellaneous Photographs]


title: Sénégal - Soudan Indigènes recrépissant la Mosquée

label: Local Numbers

label: General

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Place

content: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

label: Topic

content: Religious buildings

indexedContent: Religious buildings

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-20-47

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

label: Collection Citation

label: Genre/Form

content: Postcards

content: Text on front reads: "Colonies Franc̦aises. Sénégal - Soudan. Indigènes recrépissant la Mosquée. H Danel, à Kayes."

content: Translated postcard caption reads, "French Colonies. Senegal and French Sudan. Natives roughcasting the Mosque."

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-20-47

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unitid: Series EEPA SG-20-47

unittitle: Senegal (SG)

unitid: Item EEPA SG-20-47


title: Bathing enclosure ocean beach Durban

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

content: 1 Postcard (col., 9 x 14 cm.)

label: Date

content: ca. 1970

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-94

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

indexedContent: Picture postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Picture postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original caption reads, "Bathing Enclosure Ocean Beach, Durban."

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-30-94

unitid: Series EEPA SA-30-94

unittitle: South Africa (SA)

unitid: Item EEPA SA-30-94

unittitle: Bathing enclosure ocean beach Durban

title: Bathing enclosure ocean beach Durban


title: Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) DAKAR. La Gare

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Local Note

content: Additional handwritten number on verso reads, "1985-147094."

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Senegal

content: Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

indexedContent: Mod. architecture/cityscape

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-24-15

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

label: Collection Rights

content: Postcards

content: Text on front reads: "193. Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal). DAKAR. La Gare. Collection Gautron."

content: Translated postcard caption reads, "193. West Africa (Senegal) - DAKAR. - The Railway Station."

content: Additional handwritten text on front reads, "Clément Louis: 47ieme Battallion Sénégalais (S.H.R) Camp de Tiaroge, Sénégal, A.O.F. Bien chères cousines, nous voici arrivés à Dakar et de loin je vous envoie bien des caresses ainsi qu'à Papa. Amitiés sincères à Mr. Arnaud et bon souvenir à Mme Arnaud sa mère. Nous sommes ici peut-être pour 3 à 4 mois. Votre cousin qui vous aime et vous embrasse. Louis Clément."

content: Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "My dear cousins, Here we are arrived in Dakar and from far away I send you hugs as well as to Papa. Sincere regards to M. Arnaud and greetings to Mrs. Arnaud his mother. We are here perhaps for 3 to 4 months. Your cousin who loves you and sends all his love, Louis clement."

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-24-15

unitid: Series EEPA SG-24-15

unitid: Item EEPA SG-24-15


title: A painted panel at a bus stop near Sandaga Market, Dakar, Senegal

content: Original description on slide mount: Painted panel at a bus stop near Sandaga Market

label: Collection Photographer

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal / Series 4: Dakar

content: 1 Slide (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.1993-006, Item EEPA 1993-060187

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal, EEPA 1993-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA 1993-060187

unittitle: Dakar


title: Note: inventory of "Johannesburg Black Man" set of contact sheets, spools, prints, and captions.

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

indexedContent: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

indexedContent: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / "Tribal Information" / "Tribal Information"

label: Sponsor

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 3, Folder 23c

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 399

content: Archival materials

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection 399

unitid: Series 399

unitid: File 399

unittitle: "Tribal Information"

unitid: Item 399


level: collection

title: Sharon Pruitt photographs

label: Photographer

content: Pruitt, Sharon

indexedContent: Pruitt, Sharon

content: Twins Seven Seven

indexedContent: Twins Seven Seven

label: Place

content: Africa

content: Pruitt, Sharon

label: Summary

content: Photographs taken by Sharon Pruitt of African artists and their work. Art works include those by Emmanuel Efeta, Jimoh Buraimoh, Asiru Olatunde, Gabriel Bamidele, Twins Seven Seven, Jacob Afolabi, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Bayo Ogundele, Gbade Akintunde, Asiru Olatunde, Toki Okunade, Taju Mohibi, Kolade Oshinowo, Muri Adejimi and Charles Umezude.

label: Biographical/Historical note

content: Sharon Y. Pruitt, b. 1953, art historian. She received a B.A. from Case Western Reserve University (1974), an M.A. from Howard University (1976), and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1985. She taught art history at Spelman College for three years and is presently an associate professor of art history at East Carolina University, where she has taught since 1989.

content: 34 Slides (1 volume, color)

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1982/1982 type:inclusive

content: Volume 1

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Type

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

content: Color slides

indexedContent: Color slides

label: Arrangement note

content: Images indexed by negative number.

label: Rights

content: For study purposes only.  Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Color slides

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection EEPA.1993-002

unittitle: Sharon Pruitt photographs

title: Sharon Pruitt photographs


title: Native

label: General

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: South Africa

label: Topic

content: Portrait photography

indexedContent: Portrait photography

label: Culture

content: Zulu (African people)

indexedContent: Zulu (African people)

label: See more items in

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1978/1978 type:inclusive

label: Date

content: ca. 1970

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-20-165

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

label: Collection Citation

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Genre/Form

content: Picture postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original caption reads, "Native."

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-20-165

unitid: Series EEPA SA-20-165

unitid: Item EEPA SA-20-165

unittitle: Native

title: Native


title: A house under construction, Lalibela, Ethiopia

content: Original file / frame number: 2342-1 / 7a

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.14: Negatives / Lalibela, Ethiopia

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-2296

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-2296

unittitle: Lalibela, Ethiopia


title: "Betty LaDuke: Multicultural Images": Advertisement for Exhibit Rental Packages of LaDuke's Art

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 7: Printed Material / 7.1: Featuring LaDuke's Art / Promotional Materials

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1979/2009 type:inclusive

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 15, Folder 16

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Type

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Printed Material

unittitle: Featuring LaDuke's Art

unittitle: Promotional Materials


title: Postcard:  Photograph of a woman in wide-brimmed hat, waistcoat, britches and pointed shoes, holding camera in a stylized pose.

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: Collection Photographer

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / Pretoria, South Africa; London; Germany

label: Sponsor

content: Box 8, Folder 45a

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 969

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

unitid: Collection 969

unittitle: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

unitid: Series 969

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unitid: File 969

unittitle: Pretoria, South Africa; London; Germany

unitid: Item 969


title: Letter to Constance Stuart Larrabee from M.V. Clarkson, about mortgage payments.

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

label: See more items in

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / South Africa: Ned Bank / South Africa: Ned Bank

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

label: Date

content: 1991 October 2

content: Box 4, Folder 27e

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 523

content: Archival materials

unitid: Collection 523

unitid: Series 523

unitid: File 523

unittitle: South Africa: Ned Bank

unitid: Item 523


title: Side Doorway

label: General

content: Image indexed by negative number.

label: Photographer

content: Nooter, Robert H.

indexedContent: Nooter, Robert H.

content: Nooter, Nancy I.

indexedContent: Nooter, Nancy I.

content: Nooter, Robert (photographer )

indexedContent: Nooter, Robert (photographer )

label: Place

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Kenya

indexedContent: Kenya

content: Nooter, Robert H.

content: Nooter, Nancy I.

label: Culture

content: Swahili (African people)

indexedContent: Swahili (African people)

content: Robert and Nancy Nooter photographs

indexedContent: Robert and Nancy Nooter photographs

label: Extent

content: 1 Slide (col.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1985/1985 type:inclusive

label: Custodial History

content: Donated by Robert H. and Nancy I. Nooter, 1993.

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.1993-012, Item Nooter #020

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

content: Side doorway, Department of Forestry, Lamu, Lamu/Zanzibar style.

unitid: Collection Nooter #020

unittitle: Robert and Nancy Nooter photographs

unitid: Item Nooter #020

unittitle: Side Doorway

title: Side Doorway


title: Government avenue Cape Town

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: South Africa

indexedContent: South Africa

label: Topic

content: Cultural landscapes

indexedContent: Cultural landscapes

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)

content: 1 Postcard (col., 9 x 14 cm.)

content: ca. 1970

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-73

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

content: Picture postcards

indexedContent: Picture postcards

label: Collection Citation

label: Genre/Form

content: Picture postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: Original caption reads, "GOVERNMENT AVENUE, CAPE TOWN."

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection EEPA SA-30-73

unittitle: African Postcard Collection

unitid: Series EEPA SA-30-73

unittitle: South Africa (SA)

unitid: Item EEPA SA-30-73

unittitle: Government avenue Cape Town

title: Government avenue Cape Town


title: Sénégal - DAKAR Blanchisseuses Sénégalaises

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

content: Domestic scenes

indexedContent: Domestic scenes

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-12-05

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: Postcards

content: Text on front reads: "71. Sénégal - DAKAR. - Blanchisseuses Sénégalaises. Collection Galamet, Dakar."

content: Translated postcard caption reads, "71. Senegal - DAKAR. - Senegalese laundresses."

content: Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar. Tu me gardera ses cartes postales, bons baisers a toute deux, Francois."

content: Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar. You will keep these postcards for me, warm kisses to both of you, Francois."

unitid: Collection EEPA SG-12-05

unitid: Series EEPA SG-12-05

unittitle: Senegal (SG)

unitid: Item EEPA SG-12-05


title: Scarification Tattoos, Ishara and Ishiwun

label: Collection Photographer

content: Houlberg, Marilyn

indexedContent: Houlberg, Marilyn

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

indexedContent: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 10: Yoruba People, Pottery, Tattoos, and Photography

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1966/1988 type:inclusive

content: circa 1971-circa 1983

label: Container

content: Binder 5, Item 2355-2367

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

unittitle: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection


title: Bouré

content: Shamir, Marli

indexedContent: Shamir, Marli

label: See more items in

content: Marli Shamir collection

indexedContent: Marli Shamir collection

content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali

label: Date

content: Archival materials

content: Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Marli Shamir collection

unittitle: Mali

unittitle: Bouré

digital_assets_available: true

title: Bouré


title: A fresco of the Virgin Mary and Child in Biete Maryam church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

label: General

content: Original file / frame number: 2342-1 / 11a

label: Item Creator

content: LaDuke, Betty

indexedContent: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

indexedContent: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.14: Negatives / Lalibela, Ethiopia

content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-2300

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

indexedContent: Negatives (photographic)

label: Item Citation

content: Betty LaDuke collection, EEPA 2007-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Item Rights

label: Item Restrictions

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  The negatives are located in cold storage.  All negatives have been digitized and are available online.

unittitle: Betty LaDuke collection

unittitle: Negatives

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-2300

unittitle: Lalibela, Ethiopia


title: A refugee woman standing with children in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Eritrea

content: Original file / frame number: 144 / 9a

content: LaDuke, Betty

content: Betty LaDuke collection

content: Betty LaDuke collection / Series 10: Negatives / 10.13: Negatives / Eritrea (city unidentified)

label: Extent

label: Archival Repository

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1901

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives (photographic)

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unitid: Subseries EEPA 2007-003-1901

unittitle: Eritrea (city unidentified)


title: Information catalogue for docents: "Go Well, My Child. Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee in collaboration with Alan Paton." (3 separate booklets)

label: Names

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

indexedContent: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Larrabee, Constance Stuart

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

indexedContent: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 2: Manuscript Materials / "Seek What is True" / Text For Exhibition of "Seek What is True"

label: Sponsor

content: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

content: 1985 November 26 - 1986 January 5

content: Box 5, Folder 31a

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1998-006, Item 556

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

content: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unitid: Collection 556

unittitle: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection

unitid: Series 556

unittitle: Manuscript Materials

unitid: File 556

unittitle: "Seek What is True"

unitid: Item 556


title: Woman

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

label: Photographer

content: Gabriel, Léopold

indexedContent: Gabriel, Léopold

label: Collection Photographer

content: Gabriel, Léopold

label: Place

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Congo (Democratic Republic)

indexedContent: Congo (Democratic Republic)

label: Topic

content: Portrait photography

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: Gabriel, Léopold

content: L. Gabriel photographs

indexedContent: L. Gabriel photographs

content: 1 Postcard ((silver gelatin, b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010017

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

label: Genre/Form

content: Postcards

label: Scope and Contents

content: No caption

unitid: Collection EEPA 1989-010017

unittitle: L. Gabriel photographs

unittitle: Woman

title: Woman


title: Some Notes On The Origin Of Babanki Tungo

label: General

content: Information on palace model in the collection

label: Series Photographer

content: Schneider, Gilbert, 1920-1999

indexedContent: Schneider, Gilbert

content: Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )

indexedContent: Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )

label: Series Creator

content: Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)

indexedContent: Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)

content: Mbeng, Johnson

indexedContent: Mbeng, Johnson

label: See more items in

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection

indexedContent: Evan G. Schneider Collection

content: Evan G. Schneider Collection / Correspondence, Writings, and Articles

content: 1 Folder (Box 13)

content: Archival materials

label: Series Rights

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject ot all copyright laws.

label: Series Restrictions

content: This collection is not fully processed and may not be available for research. Contact archives staff to schedule an appointment.

unittitle: Evan G. Schneider Collection

unittitle: Correspondence, Writings, and Articles


title: St. Louis, Senegal Bastille Day Races (The Fourteenth of July)

content: Image indexed by negative number.

content: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

content: Recreation

indexedContent: Recreation

label: Provenance

content: JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

content: African Postcard Collection

indexedContent: African Postcard Collection

content: African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

label: Extent

content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

content: African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Collection Rights

content: Postcards

content: Postcard image of a horse-race and a large group of spectators. Text on front reads: "156. - St-LOUIS (Senegal). - Les Courses du 14 Jui[llet]." Stamp on front. On front: "P. Tacher, phot. St-Louis." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers (Se renseigner a la Poste).; Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten message and address on verso.

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: African Postcard Collection


title: Portrait of various colonial officials at a sporting event

content: Title source: photo album.

label: Place

content: Africa

content: Ghana

indexedContent: Ghana

content: Gold Coast

indexedContent: Gold Coast

content: Portrait photography

label: Culture

content: Fanti (African people)

indexedContent: Fanti (African people)

content: Ghana photographs

indexedContent: Ghana photographs

content: 1 Photographic print (b&w, 13 1/2 x 19 cm.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1877/1895 type:inclusive

content: [ca. 1910]

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.1995-018, Item EEPA 1995-180073

content: Archival materials

content: Photographic prints

indexedContent: Photographic prints

content: Black-and-white photographs

indexedContent: Black-and-white photographs

content: Black-and-white photographs

content: Photographic prints

content: Original handwritten text on verso reads: "Accra Sports." Original stamped text on verso reads: "Fredk R.C. Lutteroot Portrait & Esto-Landscape-Perpetua Photographer Accra & Neighboring Coasts."

unitid: Collection EEPA 1995-180073

unittitle: Ghana photographs


title: [Girls That Have Become Women] (I.B. #319)

label: Collection Creator

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

indexedContent: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

indexedContent: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Various - Described by Brinkworth on Cassette Tapes 6 & 7

label: Container

content: Box 3, Folder 7

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0371

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

label: Collection Citation

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection, 2008-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance.  The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0371

unittitle: William Ian Brinkworth collection

unittitle: Black and White Photographs


title: EEPA 2008-009-4241 to 4265

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 5: Black and White Negatives / 5.7: 35mm b/w negatives labeled by Brinkworth

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Black and White Negatives

title: EEPA 2008-009-4241 to 4265


title: Leaders

label: Local Numbers

content: C 2 WEH CMG 71

label: Photographer

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Geary, Christraud M.

label: Collection Photographer

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Senegal

label: Topic

content: Leadership -- Photographs

indexedContent: Leadership

content: Art in situ -- Photographs

indexedContent: Art in situ

content: Leaders

indexedContent: Leaders

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Weh (African people)

indexedContent: Weh (African people)

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Mali and Senegal

content: 1 Slide (col.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1971/1971 type:inclusive

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

label: Scope and Contents

content: Jeremiah Kpwe (+1984), Quarterhead of Usu. Weh, Cameroon.

content: Use of original records requires an appointment.  Contact Archives staff for more details.

unittitle: Leaders

title: Leaders


title: Vernacular architecture

content: T 2 WEH CMG 70

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Africa

content: Cameroon

indexedContent: Cameroon

content: Traditional architecture -- Photographs

indexedContent: Traditional architecture

content: Vernacular architecture

indexedContent: Vernacular architecture

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Weh (African people)

label: See more items in

label: Extent

content: 1 Slide (col.)

flag: datechar:publication era:ce normal:1970/1970 type:inclusive

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides

content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Cameroon, EEPA 1993-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Compounds with maize fields during the rainy season. Weh, Cameroon.

unittitle: Vernacular architecture

title: Vernacular architecture


title: Man outside of shop, South Africa

label: General

content: Frame number: 34

content: Knight, Natalie

indexedContent: Knight, Natalie

content: Priebatsch, Suzanne

indexedContent: Priebatsch, Suzanne

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection / Series 2: Negatives

content: 1 Negative (color, 35 mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1545

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

indexedContent: Negatives

content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch Collection, EEPA 2012-010, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

unitid: Collection EEPA 2012-010-1545

unittitle: Negatives

unittitle: Man outside of shop, South Africa

title: Man outside of shop, South Africa


title: Marketplaces

content: K 2 BFT CMG 70

content: Geary, Christraud M.

content: Geary, Christraud M.

label: Place

content: Africa

content: Senegal

indexedContent: Senegal

content: Marketing

indexedContent: Marketing

content: Marketplaces

indexedContent: Marketplaces

content: Geary, Christraud M.

indexedContent: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Mali and Senegal

content: 1 Slide (col.)

content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

label: Collection Rights

content: Large, weekly market. Bafut, Cameroon.

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Marketplaces

title: Marketplaces


title: [Contact Sheet -- Going Across Nigeria] (I.B. #31)

label: Collection Creator

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

indexedContent: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

indexedContent: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Ian's Van

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1901/1991 type:inclusive

content: undated

content: Box 1, Folder 5

indexedContent: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

label: Identifier

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0050

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0050

unittitle: Ian's Van


title: [Profile of One of Oba's Queens] (I.B. #21)

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Hairstyles

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 1, Folder 3

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0023

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0023

unittitle: Hairstyles


title: Three Women

content: Title source: Postcard caption.

content: Gabriel, Léopold

indexedContent: Gabriel, Léopold

content: Gabriel, Léopold

content: Africa

indexedContent: Africa

content: Congo (Democratic Republic)

indexedContent: Congo (Democratic Republic)

content: Portrait photography

indexedContent: Portrait photography

content: Gabriel, Léopold

content: L. Gabriel photographs

indexedContent: L. Gabriel photographs

content: 1 Postcard ((silver gelatin, b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

content: EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010098-01

content: Archival materials

content: Postcards

indexedContent: Postcards

label: Genre/Form

content: Postcards

content: No caption

unitid: Collection EEPA 1989-010098-01

unittitle: Three Women

title: Three Women


title: [Hand-written notes about Oshun]

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 2: Manuscripts and Personal Documents / Benin

content: Box 6, Folder 7

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0567

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

label: Collection Citation

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0567

unittitle: Manuscripts and Personal Documents

unittitle: Benin

unittitle: [Hand-written notes about Oshun]

title: [Hand-written notes about Oshun]


title: EEPA 2008-009-1270 to 1354

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 5: Black and White Negatives / 5.2: Minidex White Negative Booklets

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1953/1953 type:inclusive

content: Drawer B5-6

content: EEPA.2008-009, File Book 5

content: Archival materials

content: Negatives

indexedContent: Negatives

label: Scope and Contents note

content: Local Govt Elections, 1953 (85 frames)

unitid: Collection Book 5

unitid: Series Book 5

unitid: Subseries Book 5

unittitle: Minidex White Negative Booklets

unitid: File Book 5

title: EEPA 2008-009-1270 to 1354


title: [Man Climbing Tree]

content: Brinkworth, William Ian

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection

content: William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / [Miscellaneous Photographs]

content: Box 4, Folder 17c

content: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0465

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

unitid: Collection EEPA.2008-009-0465

unittitle: [Miscellaneous Photographs]

unittitle: [Man Climbing Tree]

title: [Man Climbing Tree]